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Definition of Cardiospermum halicacabum
1. Noun. Woody perennial climbing plant with large ornamental seed pods that resemble balloons; tropical India and Africa and America.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cardiospermum Halicacabum
Literary usage of Cardiospermum halicacabum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publication by Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"cardiospermum halicacabum L. " Baloon Vine." Very common, climbing over fences,
cacti and trees. Corn Hill. Jan. (202). Midland. Jan. (Mrs. • R. 26). ..."
2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1914)
"The seed- pods of the balloon vine, cardiospermum halicacabum, work in well among
the lanterns. Cut away part of the side of the lantern, ..."
3. The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book of Flowers: In which are Described All by Joseph Breck (1858)
"cardiospermum halicacabum. — Balloon Vine, or Love in a "ff- — A half-hardy annual
from the West Indies ; a creeper. The seed should be sown between the ..."
4. First book of Indian botany by Daniel Oliver (1869)
"Note especially : cardiospermum halicacabum ; a much-branched climbing herb, with
twice-ternate, alternate leaves, umbellate panicles of small irregular ..."